MINI's augmented reality concept goggles will see right through your car

Mark · 04-12-2015, 10:30 AM

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MINI showed off a new concept for a pair of augmented reality glasses. Among its many concept-y features was one interesting one. The goggles will actually let you see through the car. Kinda neat.

This tech was shown off my Jaguar earlier in the year as well, so it does seem like something quite a few people are looking into. If it comes to fruition, seems like a no-brainer for BMW as well.

Along with the see-through capabilities, MINI's augmented reality gear will also do what you expect, display HUD info and of course the all important text messages right to your eye/brain

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Munich MINI is revealing the shape of things to come at the Auto Shanghai show with a pioneering innovation. “MINI Augmented Vision gives an insight into how intelligent connectivity between a MINI car and eyewear into which relevant content is projected might work in the future,” explains Dr. Jörg Preißinger, project-manager MINI Augmented Vision, BMW Group research and technology. “Working with several Qualcomm companies, we have created an interlinked system and augmented reality eyewear with a characteristic MINI design that revolutionise the experience both in and outside the vehicle. This prototype with its customised, interactive functions succeeds in fusing augmented reality with the brand’s trademark sense of lifestyle.”
Using see-through technology, the AR eyewear shows relevant information in the driver’s direct field of vision but without concealing other road users, thereby serving to increase safety and comfort while driving.
The following functions will be projected into the field of view with MINI Augmented Vision:

Destination entry for navigation and transfer to vehicle: Selecting destination points when outside the vehicle, then transferring them to the vehicle.
First Mile / Last Mile: Navigation display from the current location to the vehicle or from the vehicle to the final destination.
Head-up display functions: Display of speed, speed limits etc. in the eyewear so the information is in the driver’s primary field of view, with data always shown in same place above steering wheel to make sure that no road users are concealed from sight.
Contact-analogue navigation and points of interest: Reality is enhanced by contact-analogue navigation arrows “on” the road, as well as display of points of interest along the route, such as open parking spaces. The driver´s attention can always stay focused on the traffic.
Messaging: A small icon is shown in the eyewear when a message is received. The SMS/message can then be read out by the car while driving for safety.
X-Ray View / transparent vehicle parts: A virtual view through parts of the vehicle (such as A-pillars and doors) serves to render external areas or objects concealed by the car visible.
Augmented Parking: This facilitates parking by projecting the images from a camera housed in the (farside) mirror into the eyewear. In this way, the distance from the curb can be clearly and easily ascertained.

Yvette · 04-12-2015, 12:05 PM

the x-ray vision lol

bimmette · 04-12-2015, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by SINasTER

The glasses make you look like a douchbag...

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F80_M · 04-12-2015, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by bimmette

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Originally Posted by SINasTER

The glasses make you look like a douchbag...

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: that's the truth

Jay-K · 04-12-2015, 12:54 PM

tech change everyday!
literally

HuskerFan85 · 04-12-2015, 01:10 PM

man these bmw engineers get all of the fun!. It looks like a lot of people are piggybacking the VR/AR designs of the Occulus rift and Valve headset...

I wonder what bmw is going to charge for this (if it was a third party device i would put it around 2-300 dollars not including the mini cameras around your car). Also I want to know thes specs... Whats the latency on the head movement etc.

gds52 · 04-12-2015, 01:47 PM

matt_435xi · 04-12-2015, 01:49 PM

can you see through a brassiere?

Majec9-7 · 04-12-2015, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by matt_335Ci

can you see through a brassiere?

Driving a decked out Mini, you won't need this to see :P

Majec9-7 · 04-12-2015, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by SINasTER

The glasses make you look like a douchbag...

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That's one of the advantages

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ShocknAwe · 04-12-2015, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by SINasTER

The glasses make you look like a douchbag...

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+1 on that. Damn those are awful.

raysspl · 04-12-2015, 03:25 PM

Neat technology but this needs to happen almost without the required glasses. In any case, it's a great demonstration of what's possible with AR.

ewr777 · 04-12-2015, 07:27 PM

Y would they have a head up display as well?? Make no sense

scheneider · 04-13-2015, 04:20 AM

cool technology, but makes the driver looks silly

Efthreeoh · 04-13-2015, 06:23 AM

Old tech. I saw these advertised way back in the early '70s in the back of my comic books.

SCOTT26 · 04-13-2015, 07:31 AM

The design is based on a style of sunglasses offered within MINI's lifestyle collection. So its familiar as well as fashionable.

Asphalt8hack · 04-13-2015, 08:47 AM

Waaaw This Glasses are amazing

ad78 · 04-13-2015, 04:27 PM

Inspired the movie home lol

That was Kyle aka badger looking for OH

Kristalov · 04-13-2015, 04:39 PM

I tried these once....i said once.

SCOTT26 · 04-13-2015, 05:32 PM

Its a completely logical idea for the MINI brand especially when MINI is a Lifestyle brand that envelopes media,fashion and technology.
Its also a perfect accompaniment for the smaller compact models when the next generation of BMW models get to feature Augmented Reality in their HUDs.

jironarcis · 04-14-2015, 01:38 AM

The glasses make you look like a douchbag

clbmw · 04-14-2015, 05:10 PM

What happens if you look down at your lap?

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